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Your Organic Allotment

By Ian Spence

Paperback

£12.99

Packed with expert advice from Garden Organic, Europe's largest organisation for organic gardeners. Includes everything you need to know to care for your allotment and grow delicious organic, chemical-free food. Coincides with the current boom in allotment gardening, intended to reach a new generation of young gardeners and enthusiasts.

Allotments have always been popular in the UK but recently their popularity has increased throughout the world. Your Organic Allotment will teach you everything you need to know to create a modern allotment and provide organic food for your family all year round. You will be guided through the decision to take an allotment, shown how to prepare and protect it and discover how to grow all kinds of vegetables, herbs and fruits. You will also learn about crop rotations, how to tackle pests and problems and when to harvest. Your Organic Allotment is the indispensable guide for anyone who wants to grow their own delicious, chemical-free food.

Biographical Notes

Ian Spence was right-hand man to BBC Gardener's World presenter Geoff Hamilton and is author of bestselling RHS title Gardening Through the Year and Garden Plants and Flowers. Location: UK.

Other details

ISBN:
9781856752787

Publication date:
15 Jun 2007

Page count:
160

Imprint:
Gaia

Mitchell Beazley

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Kay Maguire

Authors:

Kay Maguire

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RHS Little Book of Happy Houseplants

Holly Farrell

Authors:

Holly Farrell

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RHS Gardening School

Simon Akeroyd, Dr Ross Bayton

Authors:

Simon Akeroyd, Dr Ross Bayton

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RHS Grow Your Own: Crops in Pots

Kay Maguire

Authors:

Kay Maguire

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Bob Flowerdew

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Bob Flowerdew

Bob's Basics: Simple, green pest and disease control

Bob Flowerdew

Authors:

Bob Flowerdew

Organic gardeners often face the problem of how to effectively eradicate pests and diseases without harming other, beneficial wildlife. This is where Bob, with his 30 years' experience of organic gardening, comes in handy. Bob explains the best methods for removing and preventing a wide variety of common garden pests, from aphids and slugs to vine weevils and whitefly. He goes on to discuss the most effective and organic ways to avoid and cope with diseases, such as dieback, canker, silver leaf and rust. One in an indispensable series of books, Simple, Green Pest and Disease Control will answer all your queries in a clear, straightforward manner, leaving you to enjoy your garden, pest and disease-free.

Vegan Soups

Amber Locke

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Holly Farrell

Authors:

Holly Farrell

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RHS Grow Your Own: For Kids

Chris Collins, Leendertz Lia

Authors:

Chris Collins, Leendertz Lia

Renowned garden writer Lia Leendertz (Guardian and many books) and children's television gardener Chris Collins (BBC's 'Blue Peter'), show junior greenfingers everything they need to know to get the gardening bug. RHS Grow Your Own for Kids embodies the 'Grow Your Own' ethos of food provenance, self-sufficiency, and healthy eating. It shows how to sow and grow up to 12 key vegetables including tomatoes, aubergines, peas, potatoes, monster pumpkins, mustard & cress, runner beans and courgettes. It also includes child-friendly fruits such as strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, along with other plants such as sunflowers and edible flowers. Specially commissioned photography featuring children gardening illustrates the projects and introduces young gardeners to the science behind gardening.

The Gannet's Gastronomic Miscellany

Killian Fox

Authors:

Killian Fox

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Grow, Cook, Nourish

Darina Allen

The Grafter's Handbook

Steve Bradley, R. J. Garner

How to Eat Better

James Wong

Authors:

James Wong

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At Home with Plants

Ian Drummond, Kara O'Reilly

Authors:

Ian Drummond, Kara O'Reilly

Houseplants are hot, and creative interior planting is becoming increasingly easy to achieve. The new wave of unusual and dramatic indoor plants is as much about décor and statement as greenery. Used aesthetically, as a focal point and sculptural element in interior design, indoor gardening is not just about possessing or growing a plant, but about using it as an accessory combined with other objects to create a particular style and mood. In this much-needed book, Ian and Kara show you how to transform your home with plants and tells you which plants will work best where and how to care for them. From strikingly geometric terrariums to pretty hanging baskets, practical herb pots and colourful window displays, this book is packed full of exciting and gorgeous ideas. Specially commissioned photography by Nick Pope throughout proves that bringing the outdoors in really is the best form of interior design.

RHS Big Ideas, Small Spaces

Kay Maguire, Tony Woods

Authors:

Kay Maguire, Tony Woods

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Creative Vegetable Gardening

Joy Larkcom

Authors:

Joy Larkcom

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The Complete Book of Vegetables, Herbs & Fruit

Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs, Jekka Mcvicar

Authors:

Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs, Jekka Mcvicar

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